Planning a trip to the U.S.?

There is a great deal of useful U.S. travel information on the Internet, and a preliminary excursion in cyberspace will serve you well when you are ready to begin your journey in the real world.

Travel and Tourism Sites for the 50 States and U.S. Territories

Transportation/Getting Around

• Amtrak: Train schedules and ticket reservations
• Greyhound: Bus schedules and fares
• Rental cars
• Digest of Motor Laws: Compendium of laws and rules related to driving and owning a motor vehicle in the U.S. put together by the American Automobile Association AAA

Accommodation

• AllHotels.com: One of the largest online hotel reservation companies. 
  It offers every kind of lodging including B & B's, discount motel and luxury 5-star accommodation all over the world.
• Hotels (national chains)

Alternative accomodation can be found at:

• YMCA of the USA
• YWCA of the USA
• Youth Hostelling International
• Budget hotels guide

Campgrounds & trailer parks:

• Kampgrounds of America
• Go Camping America
• Woodalls Campground Guide
• CampNet America: Includes links to a wealth of outdoors attractions and a useful U.S./Canada Public Parks Locator Map.

Vacations on a dude or guest ranch:

• Guest Ranches of North America
• Dude Ranchers' Association 

Things to do

• Musea: Virtual Library with museum listings by name, state, type, etc. (courtesy of Oakland Museum of California)
• National Parks Service: All the information you are looking
  for about visiting the National Parks (courtesy of National
  Park Service).
• Ticketmaster: Ticket reservations for sports, arts, music and family events.
• World Heritage Sites in the U.S. (courtesy of National Park Service) 

Disabled Travelers

For information on barrier-free vacations, accessible air travel, transportation and destinations start with the Disability Travel and Recreation Resources (courtesy of Jim Lubin)

How far is/ How much is/ What's the weather/ Where is?...

• How far is it ...?: Calculates the distance between 2 places around 
  the globe (courtesy of Indo)
• How much is ...? Currency converter (courtesy of Oanda).
• What's the Weather today in ...? (courtesy of the Weather
  Channel).
• What time is it in ...? (courtesy of WorldTime).
• Where in the U.S. is ...? (courtesy of U.S. Census Bureau).